Lucas 11:11

11 “Qual pai, do meio de vocês, se o filho pedir um^[a] peixe, em lugar disso lhe dará uma cobra?

Lucas 11:11 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 11:11

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father,
&c.] Our Lord illustrates and confirms what he had said before by an instance common among men: the relation between a father and a son is natural, and it is very near; and it is usual for a son, when hungry, and at the proper times of meals, to ask bread of his father: and when he does,

will he give him a stone?
should he do so, he would show that his heart was as hard, or harder than the stone he gives:

or if he ask a fish, will he, for a fish, give him a serpent?
And endeavour to deceive him by the likeness of the one to the other, especially some sort of fish, which would poison or sting him, but not refresh and nourish him: such inhuman brutish parents are not surely to be found; (See Gill on Matthew 7:9), (See Gill on Matthew 7:10).

Lucas 11:11 In-Context

9 “Por isso digo: Peçam, e será dado; busquem, e encontrarão; batam, e a porta será aberta.

10 Pois todo o que pede, recebe; o que busca, encontra; e àquele que bate, a porta será aberta.

11 “Qual pai, do meio de vocês, se o filho pedir um peixe, em lugar disso lhe dará uma cobra?

12 Ou, se pedir um ovo, lhe dará um escorpião?

13 Se vocês, apesar de serem maus, sabem dar boas coisas aos seus filhos, quanto mais o Pai que está nos céus dará o Espírito Santo a quem o pedir!”

Footnotes

• [a] Muitos manuscritos acrescentam pão, lhe dará uma pedra, ou se pedir um